Event Description
Originally formed in 1978, and influenced by the first wave of UK punk bands, The Samples gigged up and down the country between 1979 and 1986, playing with bands including The Fall, Blitz, Vice Squad, Discharge and many of the UK82 punk bands.
Even though the band’s ‘last’ gig was in 1986, they never officially split up! Wind forward to late 2019 – The Samples announce that their long hiatus is finally over; the ‘project’ was back on….but no-one had planned for a worldwide pandemic! The band suffered a major setback in 2021 when singer Sean ‘Badger’ Taylor sadly passed away. Paz and Dave, the remaining members of the original band, with Sean’s blessing, decided to carry on with Paz taking on vocal duties. Now a three-piece, The Samples have returned to regular gigging, including an appearance at Rebellion in 2022 (they are returning in 2024), a return to The 100 Club in London supporting old label mates Peter and The Test Tube Babies and Red Alert, and their very first gig outside of the UK in Paris.
The Tights played several gigs in London during the late ’70s, including Dingwalls and The Marquee Club (at its original location on Wardour Street). During this period the band planned to move to London but split-up soon after they arrived. However, they kept in touch and continued collaborating on several unrelated projects.
Nearly 30 years later, in 2004, The Tights played a reunion gig at Drummonds in Worcester. Following this the band felt there was unfinished business as far as gigging and recording went.
TV, Work & Bed was recorded and engineered by Garry Low at Glow Studios in Malvern 2006, and mixed by Simon Duckworth at Simon Says Studios, London. Two of the tracks, No Life and I Can’t Sing (about what you are) were written back in 1977 but were not released at the time.
Don’t miss this chance to hear two punk bands at the OCC, Malvern.
Tickets: £10